GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Beach Info http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2010-02-09T07:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2010-02-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7248468 Dozens of brave souls plunged into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan Saturday to take part in the Lakeview Polar Bear club's ninth annual Polar Plunge. text/html 2010-01-22T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/01/22/news/nh1979355.txt Work probably will begin by late summer on a $475,000 cleanup at Madison Township Park on the Lake Erie coastline as a start toward even bigger projects. text/html 2010-01-19T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100118/NEWS02/301189958/-1/news The swimming advisories issued each summer at Presque Isle State Park are triggered in part by storms, which bring more surface water -- and more E. coli bacteria -- into Lake Erie. Other chemicals wash in with it. text/html 2010-01-11T08:05:50-04:00 http://eponline.com/articles/2010/01/11/37-authorities-to-get-more-than-9-m-to-help-protect-swimmers.aspx The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making almost $10 million in grants available to 37 eligible coastal and Great Lakes states, territories and tribes to monitor beach water quality and notify the public of conditions that may be unsafe for swimming. text/html 2009-12-14T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.petoskeynews.com/news/article_53e87df4-e8ba-11de-b51a-001cc4c002e0.html State health officials don't believe it is harmful for beach users to come into contact with surface water or sediments in one area along Petoskey's waterfront that has a history of soil contamination. text/html 2009-12-03T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/12/saugatuck_dune_preservation_ba.htmlThe Backers of a plan to buy 171 acres of Lake Michigan dunes property for public use say they'll scramble in the next few weeks to find a solution for a $2.1 million shortage to close the $20 million deal. text/html 2009-11-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/green/chi-indiana-dunes-south-18-nov18,0,4642992.story Experts say some noticeable changes already affecting plants, wildlife. text/html 2009-11-10T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.arenacindependent.com/detail/83617.html Although the E. coli in Arenac County's portion of Saginaw Bay may not be extremely harmful, Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality decided now was the time to address the situation. text/html 2009-11-04T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.arenacindependent.com/detail/83546.html Unemployment and struggling local economies are pretty much universal in Michigan, and here it's no exception, but Arenac County can't afford to be known as the county with E. Coli in its water. text/html 2009-10-23T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1569022/WXXI.Local.Stories/Stimulus.Funds.Used.to.Track.Pollution.in.Lake.Ontario Over $250,000 will go toward a study into the origins of phosphorus in the tributaries that feed Lake Ontario. The chemical element can cause algae blooms which close the beaches about half of the time each year.